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Title: Making Sense of Decolonization through Artificial Intelligence, Digital, and Conventional Art Creation

Presenters: Dr. Carleigh Candice Mignonne Milburn, Adjunct Faculty, Faculty of Education, Indigenous Education Program; Incoming Rebanks Postdoctoral Fellow, Royal Ontario Museum (September 8, 2026)

Description: Making Sense of Decolonization is a research-creation project that uses interactive art installations, collaborative research practices, and dialogue to explore the intersections of Indigenous perspectives, artificial intelligence (AI), and decolonization. The project asks: How might innovative data art collection practices in Indigenous contexts facilitate understanding of decolonization and promote meaningful relationships toward reconciliation? To what extent can AI in art be considered decolonial?

This research examines the strengths of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous art, alongside AI, as storytelling tools. It fosters inclusive conversations about decolonization through both technological and traditional artistic approaches.

Central to this inquiry is the question: What does decolonization look like? The project engages with the Anishinaabemowin concept of Biskaabiiyang (returning to ourselves) to explore how both technology, particularly AI, and collaborative art practices help visualize and enact decolonial futures.